Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
95.5%
Qatar
Lowest
37.1%
Nauru
Median
70.8%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,431
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 95.5% in Qatar; the lowest is 37.1% in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 70.8%, and the mean is 70.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 47.9%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 54.4%).
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 91.8% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Tanzania | 89.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | Isle of Man | 88.2% | 2016 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 5 | Kuwait | 87.9% | 2016 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 87.3% | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 7 | Cuba | 87.1% | 2013 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 8 | Bermuda | 87.0% | 2010 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bahrain | 86.9% | 2015 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 10 | Oman | 86.5% | 2022 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 86.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Faroe Islands | 86.0% | 2013 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 85.2% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Cayman Islands | 84.6% | 2015 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 84.4% | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 84.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 84.0% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 83.3% | 2014 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 82.8% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 82.7% | 2024 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 21 | Belize | 82.4% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 82.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 81.9% | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 24 | Madagascar | 81.6% | 2022 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 81.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Mali | 80.7% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 27 | Mozambique | 80.7% | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Rwanda | 80.2% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 80.0% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 80.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 79.2% | 2021 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 79.1% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 33 | Burundi | 78.9% | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 78.9% | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 35 | Gibraltar | 78.8% | 2001 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 36 | Maldives | 78.6% | 2019 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 78.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 38 | Benin | 78.0% | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 39 | Macao | 77.8% | 2016 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 40 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.6% | 2010 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 41 | Myanmar | 77.5% | 2020 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | India | 77.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 77.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 44 | Vietnam | 77.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 77.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.9% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 47 | Colombia | 76.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 48 | El Salvador | 76.4% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Honduras | 76.3% | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 50 | Greenland | 76.3% | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Mexico | 76.1% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 52 | Armenia | 75.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 75.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75.5% | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 55 | Thailand | 75.5% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 75.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 57 | Georgia | 75.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 58 | Moldova | 75.3% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 59 | Angola | 75.1% | 2025 | up 47.9% | falling |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 74.6% | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 61 | New Zealand | 74.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Malta | 74.5% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 74.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 64 | Cameroon | 74.5% | 2021 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 65 | Belarus | 74.1% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 74.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 73.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 68 | Kenya | 73.8% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 69 | Singapore | 73.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 73.5% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 71 | Botswana | 73.4% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 72 | Bhutan | 73.2% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 73.1% | 2020 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.0% | 2001 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Netherlands | 73.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 72.9% | 2025 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 77 | South Korea | 72.7% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Venezuela | 72.7% | 2020 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 79 | Togo | 72.7% | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 80 | Palau | 72.4% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 81 | Jamaica | 72.4% | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 82 | Brunei | 72.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 83 | Chile | 72.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 84 | Switzerland | 72.0% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 85 | Palestine | 72.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 71.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 87 | Japan | 71.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 88 | Estonia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 71.5% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 90 | Turkey | 71.3% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 71.3% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 92 | Ireland | 71.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 92 | Syria | 71.2% | 2011 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 95 | Philippines | 71.0% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 96 | Egypt | 71.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 97 | Australia | 70.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 98 | Laos | 70.8% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 99 | Montenegro | 70.6% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 100 | San Marino | 70.6% | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 70.6% | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 102 | Russia | 70.5% | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 103 | Cyprus | 70.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 104 | Sweden | 70.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 70.3% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 106 | Dominica | 70.2% | 2001 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau | 70.2% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 108 | Denmark | 70.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 69.9% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 110 | Aruba | 69.6% | 2011 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 69.6% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 69.6% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 113 | Canada | 69.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 114 | Guam | 69.3% | 2011 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 114 | Norway | 69.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 116 | Zambia | 69.2% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 69.0% | 2018 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 118 | Hungary | 68.3% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 119 | Iraq | 68.2% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 120 | Lithuania | 68.1% | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 121 | Liechtenstein | 68.1% | 2017 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 122 | Mauritius | 67.9% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 123 | United States | 67.8% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 67.7% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 125 | Latvia | 67.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 67.4% | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 127 | Iran | 67.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 128 | Suriname | 67.3% | 2016 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 129 | Czechia | 67.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 130 | Slovakia | 67.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 131 | Seychelles | 67.1% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 66.7% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 133 | Grenada | 66.7% | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 134 | United Kingdom | 66.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 135 | Germany | 66.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 136 | Austria | 66.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 137 | Algeria | 66.3% | 2017 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 138 | Serbia | 66.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 139 | Haiti | 66.0% | 2012 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 65.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 65.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 142 | Chad | 65.6% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 143 | Ghana | 65.6% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 144 | Israel | 65.5% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 65.4% | 2014 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea | 65.2% | 2019 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 147 | Tunisia | 64.9% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 148 | New Caledonia | 64.6% | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 64.5% | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 150 | Guyana | 64.3% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 151 | Congo | 64.3% | 2012 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 64.2% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 153 | Mauritania | 64.1% | 2019 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 63.5% | 2021 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 155 | Portugal | 63.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 63.4% | 2012 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 157 | Kiribati | 63.1% | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.9% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 159 | Spain | 62.9% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 160 | Ukraine | 62.9% | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 161 | Slovenia | 62.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 162 | Namibia | 62.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.4% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 164 | Hong Kong | 62.3% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 165 | Sudan | 61.9% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 166 | South Africa | 61.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 167 | Jordan | 61.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 168 | Bulgaria | 61.6% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 169 | Romania | 61.5% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 170 | Tonga | 61.4% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 171 | North Macedonia | 61.3% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 61.2% | 2021 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 173 | British Virgin Islands | 61.0% | 1994 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 174 | France | 60.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 175 | Greece | 60.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 176 | Belgium | 60.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 177 | Curacao | 59.4% | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 178 | Croatia | 59.0% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | American Samoa | 58.8% | 1990 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 180 | Italy | 58.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 181 | Senegal | 58.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 182 | Gabon | 57.2% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 183 | Samoa | 56.6% | 2022 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 56.4% | 2016 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 185 | Gambia | 55.5% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 186 | Malawi | 55.2% | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 187 | Nepal | 55.0% | 2017 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 188 | Eswatini | 54.2% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 53.3% | 2022 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 190 | East Timor | 52.5% | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 52.4% | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 192 | Liberia | 50.2% | 2017 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 193 | Puerto Rico | 49.0% | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 194 | Nauru | 37.1% | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 78.0%
- Lower middle income 77.7%
- South Asia 77.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 77.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 76.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 75.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 74.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 74.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 74.9%
- IBRD only 74.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 74.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 74.1%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.